John T. Reed ’s comments on headline news stories
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Like everyone else, I react to headline news stories. Often, I feel the other stories are incomplete or incorrect. Below are titles of, and links to, articles which I only write when they offer points and perspectives not available elsewhere. Most recent are at the top. To get automatic updates with new material highlighted, I recommend Mozilla Update Scanner if you use Firefox as your browser. Start at the Mozilla.org site to get it safely.
The West Point pillow fight that resulted in serious injuries
The three Americans who subdued the terrorist on the French Train
Using the Army’s Ranger School as yet another exercise in political correctness
Crossing the Yellow River in Army Ranger School
Life as seen through four portrait photos taken over a span of 52 years
Checklists for getting a vehicle service or washed
We may be approaching the time to buy junk silver
Currency conversions in Europe 2015
Review of Gary Danko restaurant in San Francisco (number one rated in The City)
China’s financial troubles are a bigger story than Greece’s
How to find my old Word Press articles
Told you so. Greece is giving you a much-needed, real-time lesson in what could happen here.
Bill O’Reilly’s Lone Ranger TV show
JP Morgan Chase ban on cash in safe deposit boxes
Do NOT try to conceal legal transactions above $10,000 to avoid disclosure. It’s a felony.
Memorial Day and the cheapening of the word ‘hero’
Filling out the FinCEN Form 114 to report your foreign financial acounts in 2015
Charles Murray’s book By the People
Harvard discriminates against the Tiger Moms’ children
San Francisco on the way to becoming majority white
Cruz was born in Canada; may not be eligible to be U.S. president
Choose Congress from the phone book
What you think about nuclear war is mostly wrong
Comments on the movie American Sniper
Is bitcoin ready for prime time?
Comments on Scott Beauchamp’s ‘Abolish West Point’ article in the Washington Post
John T. Reed’s comments on the book Killing Patton
Will the Chinese yuan become the world’s reserve currency?
ECB, CAD, JPY all trying to inflate their currencies; DKK unpegging from EUR
Fire Packers Coach McCarthy for incompetetent clock management in NFC championip game
Swiss franc allowed to trade at market exchange rates
James Fallows’ Atlantic article ‘The Tragedy of the American Military’
Radical Islam is more Nazism, than religion
Should you yell at players or be a football whisperer to teach and motivate players?
Another huge advantage of being American: speaking English
John T. Reed comments on The Education of a Value Investor by Guy Spier
Citizenship in Singapore, Brazil, Israel, Belgium
Innovation, the seven pillars of prosperity, geography, and demography
Our new Bank of Montreal, Canada banker
When one of my football coach book readers loses a game
Comments on the movie When the Game Stands Tall
Comments on attending the first Niners football game at Levi’s Stadium
The 2014 verison of my head tax proposal
My Unelected President’s bomber jacket name badge
Coast Starlight Amtrak trip to my NEXUS interview in Vancouver, Canada
The meaning of the Fourth of July to me
AMEX is no longer a BMO biller (capital-control-avoidance issue)
How to complain, at least initially
Overly generous pay and benefits for Army lifers
My Facebook posts on Bowe Bergdahl
My Facebook posts on Shinseki and the VA
Thoughts on attending my 50th high school reunion
Living La Vida 90-Dia Turista to escape USD hyperinflation
John T. Reed articles and posts about opening and using Australian bank accounts
Reader’s comments on my military web articles generally
Baseball defensive coordinators
Checklist for taking refuge from USD hyperinflation outside the U.S.
John T. Reed’s articles about opening and using Canadian bank accounts
Another reader experience opening a bank account in Canada as I recommend
Getting a NEXUS interview appointment
If Crimea has to go back to Russia, doesn’t South Sakhalin Island have to go back to Japan?
Reader’s report on a month-long stay in high-inflation Argentina
College as a spouse-hunting ground
The new, favorite inspirational songs of those who play well with others
Marines having wet dreams about being able to roll their sleeves up
Comments on the book What You’re Really Meant To Do
Another reader experience going to Canada to open bank accounts
The new A11FL pro football league
More renouncing U.S. citizenship
Thoughts on a new flag for New Zealand
WSJ headline: ‘Military Makes Ethics a Priority’—Yeah, right
What life is really like on U.S. nuclear submarines
How to stay in the U.S. and still avoid many onerous regulations and taxes
Comments on the Lone Survivor movie
Buy nickels while you still can
Comments on the new TV docuseries Friday Night Tykes
West Point recruiting film from when I was a cadet surfaces on YouTube—with me in it
My comments about the BCS title game from Facebook with some additions
Steve Forbes on the chances of hyperinflation
Using a pedometer to get 10,000 steps a day
Niners clock-management screw-up in final game of the regular season
The WASPs were a better ruling class than today’s so-called ‘meritocracy’
Does 3rd quarter GDP growth of 4.1% mean we’re out of the woods?
Obama has lost a lot more than his mojo
On cutting COLAs for military retirees under age 62
The World War II Navajo code was extremely easy to break; notwithstanding the Japanese failing to
Argentinian police striking because of high inflation—leading to riots and looting
The TV documentary Marching On: 1963 Army-Navy
Comments on Wessel article ‘Why Dollar Is King Despite U.S. Woes’
The coming attempt to grab your net worth
World Bank ‘control of corruption’ rankings
Review of the documentary Into Harm’s Way, the Story of the West Point Class of 1967
A reader’s account of his marathon visits to all my foreign banks and some others in one trip
Monitoring my New Zealand bank accounts and making a change
Changes to contact info on my recommended Australia and Canadian bankers
Understanding your personality type—INTJ as an example
Democrats doubling down on Obamacare is probably suicidal
One way in which 21st century hyperinflation will be different
USAA ‘subscriber account’ successfully closed
Hazing in football and other organizations
John T. Reed comments on Wall Street Journal article on mass killings
Review of the Pirate Alley book
Argentina’s dolar blue market for USD
The Chase letter about international wire transfers and transactions beyond $50,000 per month
Obama is accelerating toward the hyperinflation cliff
The never-ending whining and demands of blacks and American Indians
Do Americans really love freedom?
I do not wish my life were more like any of the Forbes 400
‘Best by’ dates are not food went bad dates; it’s probably still good
Taking our 3-year old granddaughter to Disneyland
Captain Swenson finally gets his Medal of Honor
The clock mess at the end of the ASU-WI game on 9/14/13
NFL Week 1 contrarianism and football clock management mistake
Sam Zell on real estate investment now in light of ‘Quantitative Easing’
Venezuelan capital controls force people there to buy real estate
Paying your routine bills out of a USD account in Canada
Comments on the book The Collectors: Canadian Customs history
Comments on the 1956-7 West Point TV series now available ot DVD
Comments on Derek Lundy’s book Borderlands about the Canadian border
Predicting the US-Canadian border situation during US hyperinflation
U.S. military no longer knows how to wear a hat
Will US-Canada border towns be adequate refuges during US hyperinflation?
Living cheap, for extended periods, in an RV
My participation in Freedomfest 2013 July 10th to 13th, 2013
Is non-U.S. real estate a wise investment?
It’s better to be a year early than a minute late—in some situations, not all
SEC proposes restricting your ability to withdraw your money from money-market funds
Rebalance your foreign currency and other asset accounts when values change
Getting the ability to charge your customers in foreign currencies before the ’flation hits the fan
Tranzfers.com and International Man recommendations on digital internationalization
The flexibility of having minimal possessions
The Reed Theory Hyperinflation-Protection Fund
Comments on AUD, CAD, NZD, and Bitcoin from Facebook
How to keep your foreign money private and avoid reporting-error risk
After 10,560 hours of leadership training, P&G CEO from West Point is fired
The Charles Schwab Bank ATM card and foreign currency withdrawals—from Facebook
Goverrment is too vast for the president to know what’s going on—from Facebook
Cash management in anticipation of U.S. capital controls
Example of hedged protective transfer of money abroad
Can you safely hedge USD inflation risk with foreign currency in a IRA?
Fad of weakening their own currencies spreading among central bankers
Should you move routine-bill-paying USD abroad and pay bills out of USD accounts there?
The falling deficit, debt ceiling, and the ‘Pay China First Act’
Converting USD annuities into lump sums now
USD hyperinflation in countries where the USD is now the official or quasi-official currency
Currency conversion in Australia and New Zealand
Global Online Entry System for expedited air travel
Democrats are repealing Obamacare brick by brick
Collection of my Facebook posts from my trip to Australia and New Zealand
West Point’s top four grads were all born in the 1800s. What has the place done for America lately?
I’m back in business after being forced off the air by Yahoo Web host sfotware rules changes.
The benefits gold bugs ascribe to gold are more true of the U.S. nickel
The book A Nation of Deadbeats by Scott Reynolds Nelson
The mounting evidence that we have become a doomed nation of takers
The ‘Food Bomb,’ another reason to store food
West Point Combating Terrorism Center denounces ‘far right’ in the U.S.
The Schengen Area as a refuge from U.S. hyperinflation
Fiat Money Inflation in France by Andrew Dickson White
Are U.S. foreign exchange trading accounts an adequate way to hedge against U.S. dollar inflation
Costs of living my the countries whose currencies I recommend
Racism in today’s U.S. military
I am going to Australia and New Zealand
Semi-automatic guns and magazines
Am I a kook for warning against hyperinflation?
Well, that was interesting —hearing from some hyperinflation deniers
More evidence that Warren Buffet is an amateur demagogue and a hypocrite on taxes
The American people are receiving the economics education they did not get in school via a 2x4
Please sign up as a ‘friend’ at one or both of my Facebook pages if you have not already done so
Australian and Canadian dollars now certified as reserve currencies by the IMF
Should you worry about the ‘fiscal cliff?’
Petraeus was a mediocre general
Ralph Peters’ column on Petraeus’s hypocrisy
How to detect counterfeit currency in hyperinflation
Petraeus resign CIA post because of extra-marital affair
Implementation of Obamacare means the end of the private sector of the health-care industry
Advantages of living near international borders within the U.S. in the event of hyperinflation
When do you flee the U.S.? Where do you go?
Hurricane Sandy shows the importance of having a Plan B
The mirror image of ‘The Greatest Trade Ever’
Doonesbury cartoonist Gary Trudeau threatens us with black riots if we vote for Romney
The final pitch of the 2012 World Series
Encouraging poll numbers are not enough
Way to go Pablo Sandoval, but you did NOT match Reggie Jackson
Article about 30- to 90-day stays abroad
Good column on debt by David Wessel—as far as it goes
Will Romney lose the debate by pressing?
Consequences of a second Obama term
Quit farting around on food storage. It’s only a couple of thou. Just do it.
Three of the top five economic entities are simultaneously ‘printing’ too much money
Leaving the country when you own immobile hard assets in the U.S.
Quit obsessing about the presidential election polls
Romney has money in Australia and Canada
Fasten your seat belts. The Euro Zone says it will ‘print’ euros to save its deadbeat members
Ignore all the political discussions on your TV, Internet, and radio. They are just distractions.
Would the U.S. going back onto a gold standard make gold worth $10,000 an ounce?
Hyperinflation advice for young adults
Wall Street Journal’s gold standard article
Romney fired Bernanke; will Bernanke now ‘campaign’ for Obama?
For Chrisake, if you are an American and do not have a current U.S. passport, get one!
Gary North’s ‘Hyperinflation is not inevitable’ article is wrong
Australia’s banks now more valuable than Europe’s Atlantic article
Paul Ryan draws power from the ‘Third Rail of American Politics’
Facebook, Groupon, and Amazon still do not have business models that make sense
‘Use a dollar; go to prison:’ Zambia’s new capital controls
The day the hyperinflation dies
Why do people swear that bad things are good?
Preview of your future in Iran
When do you flee the U.S.? Where do you go?
Hyperinflation insights from Stefan Zweig’s autobiography
Surprising lessons learned from 1931 hyperinflation book
U.K., EZ, U.S. all ‘printing’ too much money
Stephanie Pomboy’s interview about the End of Fiat Money
Review of How to Retire Overseas
Amazon competes with its own merchants
New rules for criticizing my currency recommendations
Told you so on Obamacare back in May 2011
Swiss francs in a safe-deposit box
More hyperinflation red lights (Updated 10/8/12)
My Australian bank says okay to identify them
Reader experience with Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand banks
A Canadian bank that may not require you to come in person to open an account
Why are US bond yields so low in the face of federal government going off a cliff?
Cost of cross-border Canada-US travel
David Walker’s Comeback America Initiative
Scott Walker’s victory in Wisconsin
A reader provides another Canadian banker contact
Amazon, Facebook, and Groupon revisited
Get your money out of the U.S. the way the Europeans are getting their money out of Greece
The Sierra Club was in favor of natural gas before they were against it
Observations of a U.S. businessmen from recent travels to hyperinflated countries
Questions from border officials when crossing international borders
Romney owns Australian and Canadian dollar-denominated assets
What passport(s) should U.S. citizens renounce or seek?
Fortune’s 5/12 slobbering love affair with young vets 2.0
I am going to avoid the euro and any currency associated with it
The Return of the Drachma: Greece’s demonstration of our future
You do not have to report foreign currency in a foreign safe deposit box to IRS
Stocking up on milk as hyperinflation preparation
HSBC seems the ideal foreign currency bank—except for one little problem
I’m trying to find the best way to own Swiss francs
Review of Mark Steyn’s book After America
Elections in France and Greece offer a view of our future
Get Google Alerts on foreign currencies in which you invest
Her husband is hooked on John T. Reed’s ‘opinions’ on hyperinflation but her gut is screaming NO
Hyperinflation is more complex than mere higher prices
Is lying, cheating, and stealing a proper hyperinflation plan?
How Switzerland does it and why we should do the same
Austerity versus growth is a false choice
Euro politicians’ choices: Print, cut, or resign
You want a united America? Move government power to the local level.
Astonishment at video of Army Spring fooball game at Fort Benning
To see our future, look at the modern history of Argentina
Response to Ezra Klein’s ‘deficit goes away on its own’ column
I was a stay-at-home dad. It was not hard work.
What having foreign creditors meant to Britain in 1956
You living here while your cash is over there
No mention of gold in the books or movie about hyperinflation
Pending death of the two major parties in Greece
George Zimmerman versus Trayvon Martin
Okay, I saw the Act of Valor SEAL movie
Anna Eisenmenger should have followed her banker’s advice
Comments on the book Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Nasar
What’s really important now is rarely on TV
Red lights that are telling you U.S. dollar hyperinflation is coming (updated frequently)
Rush Limbaugh and Sandra “pay for my birth control” Fluke
No representation without taxation
Government bonds now riskier than corporate bonds
Review of It Can’t Happen Here
Game-winning touchdown play in the Super Bowl—straight out of my book
Practical and legal problems with owning foreign currency as a hedge against U.S. dollar inflation
Comments on the Red Tails movie
Countries with the most financial freedom—U.S. ain’t in the top ten
A financial Berlin Wall is going up and you are on the wrong side of it
It’s not ‘class’ warfare. It’s just plain old envy.
2012 NFC Championship game coaching lessons learned
Gingrich attack on CNN for asking about open-marriage allegation
How to Make Romney Pay the Same Tax As You
Confiscating all the income of the rich revisited
Gingrich and Perry align with Axelrod to stop Romney
No one will nickel and dime you anymore
What’s wrong with the defense cuts/strategy changes
Good intentions substitute for Constitutional authority
Coming soon to a theater near you; European troubles
Separation of AF officers just before retirement
ESPN documentary: the Marinovich Project
Review of the movie Margin Call
Good intentions and occasional progress not enough
Americans are Marxists, but won’t admit it
Copy the Confederate Constitution: 1 subject per law
Take a look at Canadian and Australian currencies
Stop the presses—Herman Cain conjugated a verb
Cruz’s error in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
As Cain says, we’re focusing on the wrong problem
Herman Cain’s experience and 9-9-9 plan
Free trade in 2011: China, Korea, Colombia, and Panama
My NFL 2-minute warning timeout rule as wrong
Comments on Army defeat of Tulane 10/1/11
U.S. military is pension/health program with occasional war
Comments on Army upset of Northwestern 9/17/11
The Right to Earn a Living by Timothy Sandefur
Brave Army Captain so far denied medal; criticized the brass
Amazon’s California sales tax fight and possible deal
Comparing 1983 and 2011 on entitlement reform
Did Bill Belichick copy my idea on NFL P.A.T.s?
Comments on all my articles disappeared
Hurricane Irene and the Boy who Cried Wolf
Jittery markets may signifiy tipping point near
Warren Buffet’s latest popularity stunt
Army Lt. Ehren Watada objecting to Iraq
God bless referendums. We need them at the national level
America is ordering from the left side of the menu
Disney versus SEALs trademark fight
HBO’s super ‘Too Big to Fail’ movie
More details on bin Laden killing
Constitutionality of Obamacare easy—call it a tax
Note: the headline news articles were previously all listed at www.johntreed.com/headline-articles.html. That page bombed and I am having to re-create it which will take time. In the meantime, here is a Wayback Machine version that was created in June 2011. It’s pretty clunky and slow and leaves out the June 2011 to December 2011 articles. The articles are still up on the web site. You can find them in your own browser history or by using the search box within my web site to find them based on key words.
